Big Data and Artificial Intelligence

Dear Colleagues,

The evolution of research in Big Data and artificial intelligence in recent years challenges almost all domains of human activity. The potential of artificial intelligence to act as a catalyst for all given business models, and the capacity of Big Data research to provide sophisticated data and services ecosystems at a global scale, provide a challenging context for scientific contributions and applied research. This Topic section promotes scientific dialogue for the added value of novel methodological approaches and research in the specified areas. Our interest is on the entire end-to-end spectrum of Big Data and artificial intelligence research, from social sciences to computer science including, strategic frameworks, models, and best practices, to sophisticated research related to radical innovation. The topics include, but are not limited to, the following indicative list:

• Enabling Technologies for Big Data and AI research:
• Data warehouses;
• Business intelligence;
• Machine learning;
• Neural networks;
• Natural language processing;
• Image processing;
• Bot technology;
• AI agents;
• Analytics and dashboards;
• Distributed computing;
• Edge computing,
• Methodologies, frameworks, and models for artificial intelligence and Big Data research:
• Towards sustainable development goals;
• As responses to social problems and challenges;
• For innovations in business, research, academia industry, and technology
• For theoretical foundations and contributions to the body of knowledge of AI and Big Data research,
• Best practices and use cases;
• Outcomes of R&D projects;
• Advanced data science analytics;
• Industry-government collaboration;
• Systems of information systems;
• Interoperability issues;
• Security and privacy issues;
• Ethics on Big Data and AI;
• Social impact of AI;
• Open data.

Prof. Dr. Miltiadis D. Lytras
Prof. Dr. Andreea Claudia Serban
Topic Editors